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“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
investigations and treatments ... an infant with fever ... Diagnosis #Management #Pediatrics ... #Peds #Febrile ... Stratification #Fever
Estimated Medical Radiation Doses for 5 Year-Old Child

3-view ankle	0.0015 mSv	1/14th CXRs
2-view chest	0.02 mSv	1 CXRs
Anteroposterior and lateral
#PatientInfo #Radiology ... Radiation #Doses #Imaging ... Nuclear #Comparison #Table ... Testing #Study #Peds ... #Pediatrics
Managing warfarin INR

Warfarin dosage must be individualized according to the patient's response to the drug, and
#management #algorithm ... #pharmacology # ... treatment #medications ... #table #pharmacotherapy ... #decisionaid #cardiology
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
old on day ≥7 of fever ... echo is positive, treatment ... within 10 d of fever ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Kawasaki
In order to better classify heart failure, the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American
American College of Cardiology ... four-component staging ... With treatment, ... in patients who never ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
How much radiation is used in paediatric radiology examinations compared to other exposures?

Estimated dose - Days
radiology examinations ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... Radiation #Doses #Imaging ... Nuclear #Comparison #Table ... Testing #Study #Peds
The Febrile Infant Step-by-Step Algorithm
This is an algorithm developed by European emergency physicians to identify low-risk
This is an algorithm ... empiric antibiotic treatment ... EBM #Management #Pediatrics ... #Peds #Febrile ... Stratification #Fever
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Imaging and more ... #differential #algorithm ... #management #cardiology ... #treatment #table ... icu #clinical #pharmacology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
our friends from Cardiology ... Cardiology cannot ... primary disturbance Cardiology ... similar where Cardiology ... #cardiology #echocardiogram
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
or family - Ever ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Stable patients ... Cataract Plan for Meds ... one post op Cardiology